User talk:Indiegirl

Vandalism in Manu Smriti
Hello. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Otherwise, people might consider your edits to be vandalism. Thank you.


 * I'm afraid that your removal of sourced statements here is unacceptable and can be construed as vandalism. Since you appear to be a new user I will assume an innocent mistake on your part and simply notify you of avoiding such mistakes in future. Welcome to wikipedia and please continue with constructive edits. Thank you very much.Hkelkar 17:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your response. If you have any issues with the statements,the best place to start discussions is in the talk page of the article. Click there and start the discussions. The predominant contributor to the article is User:Leaflord. You might want to go to his talk page and drop him a note to discuss your issues in the article talk page at Talk:Manu Smriti. From now on, plz discuss changes. Hkelkar 16:15, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I have responded to your comments in the Talk:Manu Smriti. I'll call on more knowledgeable chaps to assuage your concerns.Hkelkar 16:39, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * What's your rush exactly? If you look at my latest response in your talk page, I have suggested that we can arrive at a mutual compromise regarding this issue. Why don't you wait a while for other users to chime in? After all, many people have worked very hard on this article (I am told that it was in a horribly biased state before I came to wikipedia). Let's all slowly discuss and arrive at a consensus.Hkelkar 19:14, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * If I seemed dismissive then I apologize. It's just that quoting western sources over normative sources can sometimes suggest a biased view as historically westerners like the British and Germans have been known to mine and mistranslated the text as a pretext to attack Hindus, so we must look at this contentious issue with reservation. However, I strongly suggest restraint and patience until we get some third party perspective on the matter. Thank you very much and good afternoon.Hkelkar 19:51, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, and I'm not quite sure I understood your last statement

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AHkelkar&diff=74190078&oldid=74189964

You said that I dispute that your statements are NOT backed up by original research? In fact, I contend the opposite. I contend that your statements ARE backed up by original research (yours) which is not allowed on wikipedia as per WP:OR. Basically what I want is a source that explicitly attacks the normative translation that I cited. Until then, we will have to give both translations due credence and, at most, say that western and normative translations differ on this issue. That is my opinion regarding this issue, though I would like to hear all of the others (specially Leaflord) out first.Hkelkar 19:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Hkelkar should clarify himself for differences between Content dispute and Vandalism.Adressing Content dispute to be vandalism is against WP:AGF and WP:Civility.  HW   10:13, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Hkelkar has been quite civil. Bakaman Bakatalk 01:13, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

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Hkelkar 17:26, 5 September 2006 (UTC)